Pop-Up Adventure Playground 2016 Kickoff

Asheville Adventure Play’s first Pop-Up Adventure Playground of 2016 will take place at YMCA Beaverdam, 201 Beaverdam Road in North Asheville, on Saturday, June 4 from 10 am to 4 pm. The event will take place rain or shine.

In addition to plenty of open space for kids of all ages to create, build and play with various materials, the YMCA Beaverdam Pop-Up Adventure Playground will include mud and water play areas. There will be a place to rinse off.

For the parents, a documentary on the Adventure Playground movement will be shown on a continuous loop. The Land (2015) is a 30-minute documentary film about the nature of play, risk and hazard set in The Land, a Welsh adventure playground.

For families interested in having lunch at the event, food trucks will be adjacent to the play and amphitheater area. There are picnic tables for those who want to bring their own food.

Parking will be on Kimberly Ave. next to the YMCA Beaverdam field and at Ira B. Jones Elementary.

The June 4 event will mark the first public appearance of the Asheville Adventure Play trailer. Funding from the Active Play Alliance and Be Active Kids has allowed the group to purchase an enclosed towable trailer. The trailer will be used to store and transport materials to promote the knowledge of active play and increase opportunities for active play in a variety of diverse communities and geographic locations.